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Japanese Social Crisis

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  • © 1997

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  1. Jon Woronoff
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Present (The Crisis That Came)

    • Jon Woronoff
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Company (Fraying At The Edges)

    • Jon Woronoff
    Pages 16-43

  4. The School (Education Runs Amuck)

    • Jon Woronoff
    Pages 44-71

  5. The State (Coming Apart At The Seams)

    • Jon Woronoff
    Pages 72-113

  6. The Family (Splitting Up)

    • Jon Woronoff
    Pages 114-135

  7. The Society (Destructuring And Restructuring)

    • Jon Woronoff
    Pages 136-167

  8. The Nation (Ties That Don’t Bind)

    • Jon Woronoff
    Pages 168-206

  9. The Individual (Still The Weak Link)

    • Jon Woronoff
    Pages 207-245

  10. The Future (The Crisis That’s Coming)

    • Jon Woronoff
    Pages 246-264

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 273-287
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Political scandals, governmental instability and the poison-gas attack in central Tokyo show that Japan is passing through a serious social crisis. It affects virtually every social unit: family, school, company, political parties, religions and the nation. And it worries every segment of the population, young and old, men and women, management and labour, the elite and the plebe. Among other things, workers are growing dissatisfied with company life, families are undermined by discord and divorce, even the ruling Liberal Democratic Party collapsed (as did many of its opponents). The Japanese are ever harder to lead and the politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen who once led them are increasingly ineffective. Thus, while many reforms are mooted, and some are initiated, very few are actually implemented. Under these conditions, the many negative trends cannot be halted - let alone reversed - and the crisis should worsen.

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